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Starting today and tentatively scheduled to be a twice-a-month feature is a column on poker, currently played at three Pahrump casinos.

News on all of the poker disciplines will be included in this piece. Today's focus will be on the schedules of tournaments at the Mountain View Casino, the Nugget Hotel and Casino and Terrible's Town.

The Mountain View casino has two computerized tables; it has events scheduled every day except Wednesdays. The Nugget has tournaments almost every day; the second Saturday of each month is dedicated to a freeroll tournament. Terrible's has a relatively limited schedule, with a ladies' event on Wednesdays and no-limit hold'em tournaments Tuesdays and Thursdays.

NOTES -- Sports Editor Don McDermott played in the Dream Team Poker Media event at the World Series of Poker July 9; he was eliminated in a heads-up showdown by Dennis Phillips, who was fourth in the 2008 World Series of Poker championship event in November. ... The 2009 WSOP finals are Nov. 7-10 at the Rio All-Suites Hotel and Casino ... Among the nine finalists is Phil Ivey, one of pro poker's top competitors.

The schedules:

Mountain View

Club MVC

Computer Tables

Mondays

4 p.m. -- No-limit hold'em (NLHE), $25 buy-in.

8 p.m. -- $20 NLHE sit and gos.

Tuesdays

3 p.m. -- $30 NLHE sit and goes.

8 p.m. -- Omaha Hi-Lo, $30 buy-in; winner takes all.

Thursdays

3 p.m. -- NLHE, $25 buy-in.

7 p.m. -- Ladies NLHE, $25 buy-in.

Fridays

7 p.m. -- NLHE, $40 buy-in.

Saturdays

11 a.m. -- NLHE, $30 buy-in.

4 p.m. -- NLHE, $50 buy-in.

Sundays

7 p.m. -- Seven-card stud, $30 buy-in.

Club MVC is discussing holding some major qualifying tournaments associated with both the World Poker Tour and the World Series of Poker.

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Terrible's Town

Tuesdays and Thursdays -- 10:30 a.m., NLHE, $23 buy-ins.

Wednesdays

6:30 p.m. -- Ladies NLHE, $25 buy-in.

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Nugget

No-limit hold'em tournaments are held every day except Saturday; the second Saturday of each month is set aside for free-roll tournaments.

Tournaments begin at 11 a.m. Mondays through Fridays with $25 buy-ins and at noon on Sundays ($40).

A no-limit tournament is slated each Wednesday, starting at 7 p.m. ($40).

On the schedule are an Omaha-hold'em tag-team tournament each Tuesday and Omaha hi-low split events each Thursday, with action starting at 6 p.m. each of those days. Tournaments will be held according to player demand.

The Tuesday and Thursday buy-ins are $40 each night.

* Poker room manager Jeff Von Alst has announced the creation of a new major event -- The First Pahrump Nugget Summer Classic Poker Tournament.

It will be played in the Nugget Convention Center Aug. 13-14-15-16.

The Classic schedule:

Aug. 13, 11 a.m.

Satellites for the main event; $25 buy-ins for NLHE. One winner per table will earn a seat in the Classic finals, slated at 8 p.m. Aug. 15. The championship buy-in will be $200 plus $25 feet, with one $200 re-buy optional.

Aug. 13, 7 p.m.

NLHE, $60 buy-in, with a $15 fee; a $40 add-on will be optional.

Aug. 14, Noon

Limit Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or better, $60 buy-in, $15 fee and a $40 add-on optional.

Aug. 14 8 p.m.

Best All-Around Player tournament, featuring H.O.R.S.E (hold'em, Omaha hi-low, razz, stud 7-card and eight-or-better 7-card, $100 buy-in, with a $20 fee.

Aug. 15, Noon

Half Omaha high, half Omaha hi-low split 8 or better, $60 buy-in, with a $15 fee.

Aug. 15 8 p.m.

The Classic Championship NLHE, $200, with a $25 fee and a $200 re-buy optional.

Aug. 16, Noon

Tag Team (limit hold'em, limit Omaha hi-lo), $100 buy-in, with a $20 fee.